Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)

Over 99000 specimens in collection, with emphasis on plants of the Southwest and northern Mexico, Cactaceae and Agavaceae.

Contacts: Andrew Salywon, asalywon@dbg.org
Curator Emerita: Wendy C. Hodgson, whodgson@dbg.org
Collections Manager: Sarah Hunkins , shunkins@dbg.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: edb9860c-c481-4d19-88cc-224a536ebcd4
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Herbarium - Research, Conservation & Collections Department
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Phoenix, Arizona   85008
480-481-8107
Collection Statistics
  • 98,220 specimen records
  • 96,916 (99%) georeferenced
  • 83,034 (85%) with images (84,136 total images)
  • 94,425 (96%) identified to species
  • 336 families
  • 2,673 genera
  • 11,964 species
  • 14,948 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achnatherum (3)
  • Agrostis (1)
  • Bromus (6)
  • Calamagrostis (1)
  • Chloris (1)
  • Cortaderia (1)
  • Distichlis (1)
  • Ehrharta (1)
  • Elymus (2)
  • Festuca (1)
  • Hesperostipa (1)
  • Melica (3)
  • Nassella (1)
  • Schedonorus (1)
  • Setaria (1)
  • Thinopyrum (1)
  • Vulpia (1)